The 52nd

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Logie Awards ceremony was held on Sunday 2 May 2010 at the Crown Palladium in

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, and broadcast on the

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. The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton, making it the 19th time he hosted the event as a solo host. The red carpet arrivals were hosted by Karl Stefanovic, Lisa Wilkinson, Jules Lund and

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, while Richard Wilkins and

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presented the Myer Logie Minute during the ceremony. ''

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''s Johnny Galecki was one of the international guests. Musical performers at the event were

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with the cast from the stage musical ''Fame'',

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and the

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. John Foreman returned as musical director for the event.

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was scheduled to perform but pulled out a few weeks before the ceremony, cancelling all her appearances in Australia. PJ Lane sang a tribute to his late father Don Lane. Early that year, Each network is restricted in the number of personalities and programs they can submit for consideration in the publicly voted category, including up to 10 names in both the Most Popular Actor and Actress categories, 15 names for Most Popular Presenter and 5 programs for Most Popular Drama. These restrictions often lead to controversy over those who are not listed in the voting form, and are not eligible to be nominated for an award.

Nominations

The traditional Logies nominations breakfast was held on 29 March 2010 at the Ivy Pool Bar in

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. The breakfast was hosted by Charlie Pickering and

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. Both '' Sunrise'', '' The Morning Show'' and '' Today'' crossed to the event live. The

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had 34 nominations, the most of any network out of the 113 in total. ABC3 got its first nomination since its launch months earlier than the ceremony, and is the first of any of the digital channels ( ABC2, 7Two, GO!, SBS Two and ONE HD) to receive a nomination.

Winners and nominees

In the tables below, winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Gold Logie

Acting/Presenting

Most Outstanding Programs

References

External links

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